акав

Bulgarian

Etymology

From а (a, “the letter A”) +‎ -кав (-kav, forming adjectives with an onomatopoeic quality based on their prefix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈakɐf]

Adjective

а́кав • (ákav)

1. (linguistics, of a dialect (of Bulgarian)) featuring a reflex of yus (ѫ) with a value of /a/ (а), as opposed to /ɤ/ (ъ).

   В акавите говори, „мъж“ се казва „маж“.

   V akavite govori, „mǎž“ se kazva „maž“.

   In the a-reflex dialects, "mǎž" is said as "maž".

Declension

Positive forms of а́кав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	а́кав ákav	а́кава ákava	а́каво ákavo	а́кави ákavi
definite (subject form)	а́кавият ákavijat	а́кавата ákavata	а́кавото ákavoto	а́кавите ákavite
definite (object form)	а́кавия ákavija

Comparative forms of а́кав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-а́кав pó-ákav	по́-а́кава pó-ákava	по́-а́каво pó-ákavo	по́-а́кави pó-ákavi
definite (subject form)	по́-а́кавият pó-ákavijat	по́-а́кавата pó-ákavata	по́-а́кавото pó-ákavoto	по́-а́кавите pó-ákavite
definite (object form)	по́-а́кавия pó-ákavija

Superlative forms of а́кав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-а́кав náj-ákav	на́й-а́кава náj-ákava	на́й-а́каво náj-ákavo	на́й-а́кави náj-ákavi
definite (subject form)	на́й-а́кавият náj-ákavijat	на́й-а́кавата náj-ákavata	на́й-а́кавото náj-ákavoto	на́й-а́кавите náj-ákavite
definite (object form)	на́й-а́кавия náj-ákavija

Synonyms

• а́кавски (ákavski)

References

• “акав”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “акав”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 21

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈakəf]

Participle

а́кав • (ákav)

1. short past adverbial imperfective participle of а́кать (ákatʹ)